Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury.

Whatever this feeling is - this is what I have been praying for. And this is also what I have been praying to.

I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.

One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.

Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles.

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.